How To Write A Content Marketing Plan For Your Business

If you’re serious about marketing your business online, you need a content marketing plan.

A content marketing plan is a roadmap that, not only tells you what you’re going to create but how you’re going to create it, when you’re going to publish it and how you’re going to promote it.

According to the Content Marketing Institute, having a documented (i.e. written down) strategy means:

• You’ll feel significantly less challenged by every aspect of content marketing.
• You’ll generally consider yourself more effective in your use of all content marketing tactics and social media channels.
• You’ll be able to justify spending a higher percentage of your marketing budget on content marketing.

Below you’ll find my process for developing a content strategy.

Step #1 Audit Existing Content

A content audit allows you to review the content you have published and look for opportunities for improvements or content gaps to fill.

Take a look back at what has worked for you this year. Which of the content (blogs, videos, live streams, images, etc.) that you created and shared performed the…